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[Bompa]

I'm a unix moran and although I've toyed with VPSs for a year or two, I've just
run a script or two, never really got into it deeply.

The VPS that I have now has one IP and no domains or websites.  I just use
ssh and ftp to manage the running of my perl code there.

I would like to run a second copy of one script in particular that access a certain host,
but I think it would need to be on a different IP.  I can get additional IPs easy enough,
but how do I tell my perl scripts which IP to run on?

/confused

Bompa

[nop_90]

Not an easy think to do bomps
It took me like a zillion years to search thru docs.

I presume u want to change ur IP because ur first one got banned ?
If that not reason, then no need to change.

For lwp http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/libwww-perl-5.834/lib/LWP/UserAgent.pm
set it with option local_address

for ftp I have no idea
In some cases u can not directly change IP, unless u poke arround in source and patch.

[perkiset]

Weird zone - IPs and VPSs.

I'm guessing if your provider adds the IP to your VPS then it will show up as an available address for inbound discussions, like for an Apache server. You could make up some crap about needing IPs for SSL certs or something.

Once the physical plumbing is established, then you'd need to bind your script to the IP, because every outbound request will use the default gateway (root address) when sending packets out. There are threads here and Syndk8 for PHP binding, but I've not seen something for PERL - although I'll betcha that Dirk would know how to do it.

[dirk]

It's a "simple" one-liner:

@LWP::Protocol::http::EXTRA_SOCK_OPTS = (LocalAddr => $local_ip);

That's it.

[Bompa]

Not an easy think to do bomps
It took me like a zillion years to search thru docs.

I presume u want to change ur IP because ur first one got banned ?
If that not reason, then no need to change.

For lwp http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/libwww-perl-5.834/lib/LWP/UserAgent.pm
set it with option local_address

Not banned yet.  An example would be running a Google search.  If I query them too
fast, eventually, Google would ban or throttle my IP.  So, having two IPs I can go
more slowly yet not loose my production level.

Anyways, you and Dirk gave me the answer:

$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(LocalAddr => $local_ip);
OR
@LWP::Protocol::http::EXTRA_SOCK_OPTS = (LocalAddr => $local_ip);


Thanks to both of you.


Funny thing, I thought no one replied to this thread, so I just shrugged it off.
From time to time, I remember that I asked the question here, but it was not
an emergency situation.

Today I was thinking about this again and decided to google it.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=how+to+use+multiple+IP+on+vps&start=10&sa=N

That's how I found out that this thread got replies and answers.

LOL

Bomps